Phoebe Matich
@phoebesophist.bsky.social
Research fellow at ADM+S looking at generative authenticity in media systems | journalism and misinformation discourse | metalhead and pasta enthusiast | plant mum and cat aunt | Pākeha on Turrbal/Yugara country
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“The political and cultural winds in the US have shifted sharply in the right’s favor – and many media companies are proving that they are not pillars of principle so much as extremely sensitive weathervanes.”
“The political and cultural winds in the US have shifted sharply in the right’s favor – and many media companies are proving that they are not pillars of principle so much as extremely sensitive weathervanes.”
Bari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightward
US media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm
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October 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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“The political and cultural winds in the US have shifted sharply in the right’s favor – and many media companies are proving that they are not pillars of principle so much as extremely sensitive weathervanes.”
“The political and cultural winds in the US have shifted sharply in the right’s favor – and many media companies are proving that they are not pillars of principle so much as extremely sensitive weathervanes.”
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Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization
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It can be done. And Anglo fossil fuel magnates will continue to lose customers before they accept the change, so really governments are the ones who need to clear the path forward by (properly and greenly) regulating the transition!
It can be done. And Anglo fossil fuel magnates will continue to lose customers before they accept the change, so really governments are the ones who need to clear the path forward by (properly and greenly) regulating the transition!
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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It can be done. And Anglo fossil fuel magnates will continue to lose customers before they accept the change, so really governments are the ones who need to clear the path forward by (properly and greenly) regulating the transition!
It can be done. And Anglo fossil fuel magnates will continue to lose customers before they accept the change, so really governments are the ones who need to clear the path forward by (properly and greenly) regulating the transition!
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A naked descent into authoritarianism is weirdly boring because what’s being debated is fundamentally uninteresting. Is the antifa legion burning down Portlan real or not? Well, let’s have someone look out the window over there. No? Okay. Facts are settled. It either matters or it doesn’t.
October 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A naked descent into authoritarianism is weirdly boring because what’s being debated is fundamentally uninteresting. Is the antifa legion burning down Portlan real or not? Well, let’s have someone look out the window over there. No? Okay. Facts are settled. It either matters or it doesn’t.
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Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism."
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism."
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
“The wave of demands are outlined in one of almost 150 submissions to a parliamentary inquiry examining the prevalence of climate change-related misinformation and disinformation.”
One of the biggest concerns I have is that environmental interests are misidentified as misinformation 😠
One of the biggest concerns I have is that environmental interests are misidentified as misinformation 😠
Intelligence agencies should report on foreign interests in ‘activist groups’, Australian coal lobby group argues
Coal Australia also wants government to broaden restrictions on foreign donations to stop money flowing to environmental groups
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September 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“The wave of demands are outlined in one of almost 150 submissions to a parliamentary inquiry examining the prevalence of climate change-related misinformation and disinformation.”
One of the biggest concerns I have is that environmental interests are misidentified as misinformation 😠
One of the biggest concerns I have is that environmental interests are misidentified as misinformation 😠
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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i just know we're all going to have to sit through a three minute clip of joe rogan saying "i can't believe censorship is happening"
September 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
i just know we're all going to have to sit through a three minute clip of joe rogan saying "i can't believe censorship is happening"
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Contrary to Trump’s claim that “the radical left causes tremendous violence,” sociologists find that right-wing extremists account for the vast majority of attacks and deaths from domestic terrorism.
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Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
Donald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the US. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism.
theconversation.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Contrary to Trump’s claim that “the radical left causes tremendous violence,” sociologists find that right-wing extremists account for the vast majority of attacks and deaths from domestic terrorism.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
What the fuck is this timeline
Neo-Nazis in Huntington Beach assaulted a conservative activist mourning Charlie Kirk on Saturday and have taken to Telegram to claim that the victim was "ANTIFA."
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NAZI MOB ASSAULTS MAN AT HUNTINGTON BEACH CHARLIE KIRK VIGIL
| Left Coast Right Watch
Neo-Nazis attacked a man who came to a vigil to mourn Charlie Kirk yet didn’t welcome the Nazis presence at it.
leftcoastrightwatch.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What the fuck is this timeline
Fascinating.
When I asked if he opened up to anyone, the friend replied: “As far as we knew he was opened up.”
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From this spectacular article on Robinson's online friend group
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From this spectacular article on Robinson's online friend group
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Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin
Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fascinating.
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Is it still AI when Elon Musk is just dictating the responses?
September 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Is it still AI when Elon Musk is just dictating the responses?
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“Approving new fossil fuel exports is destroying the future. It isn’t just a betrayal of our Pacific neighbors, it is a betrayal of all Australians, putting the profits of foreign-owned fossil fuel corporations ahead of our wellbeing, security & prosperity,” said @richarddenniss.bsky.social. #auspol
September 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“Approving new fossil fuel exports is destroying the future. It isn’t just a betrayal of our Pacific neighbors, it is a betrayal of all Australians, putting the profits of foreign-owned fossil fuel corporations ahead of our wellbeing, security & prosperity,” said @richarddenniss.bsky.social. #auspol
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In The Hobbit, the dragon Smaug is described:
"Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floor, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems & jewels, & silver red-stained in the ruddy light."
"Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floor, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems & jewels, & silver red-stained in the ruddy light."
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In The Hobbit, the dragon Smaug is described:
"Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floor, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems & jewels, & silver red-stained in the ruddy light."
"Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floor, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems & jewels, & silver red-stained in the ruddy light."
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The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
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News Corp's Courier Mail linked a teen girl's suicide bullying on social media as part of its campaign for the <16 ban.
But the child's parents said she wasn't bullied on social media. Which News would have known if they contacted them before publishing.
But the child's parents said she wasn't bullied on social media. Which News would have known if they contacted them before publishing.
Ep 30 - Hollow headlines - Media Watch
A tragic youth suicide, gets the full Courier-Mail treatment.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
News Corp's Courier Mail linked a teen girl's suicide bullying on social media as part of its campaign for the <16 ban.
But the child's parents said she wasn't bullied on social media. Which News would have known if they contacted them before publishing.
But the child's parents said she wasn't bullied on social media. Which News would have known if they contacted them before publishing.
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I’m a foreign government/criminal and I can’t wait to carry out my nefarious ends by filing FOI requests and waiting 6-9 months to get highly redacted documents as long as they aren’t exempt for a wide number of reasons including national security… beware 😈
September 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’m a foreign government/criminal and I can’t wait to carry out my nefarious ends by filing FOI requests and waiting 6-9 months to get highly redacted documents as long as they aren’t exempt for a wide number of reasons including national security… beware 😈
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oh no foreign actors and criminals are RORTING our information!!
September 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
oh no foreign actors and criminals are RORTING our information!!
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We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au
It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done
Check it out at Australian Policy Online here:
apo.org.au/node/331920
It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done
Check it out at Australian Policy Online here:
apo.org.au/node/331920
apo.org.au
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au
It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done
Check it out at Australian Policy Online here:
apo.org.au/node/331920
It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done
Check it out at Australian Policy Online here:
apo.org.au/node/331920
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Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity
August 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity
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“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
The story behind the Dylan Thomas classic and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/24/d...
The story behind the Dylan Thomas classic and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/24/d...
August 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
The story behind the Dylan Thomas classic and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/24/d...
The story behind the Dylan Thomas classic and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/24/d...
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books